AC Milan resigned to selling Kaka to Florentino's Real Madrid

French television InfoSport says Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani let slip during negotiations with Bordeaux over a permanent deal for Yoann Gourcuff that the youngster would be needed next season to replace Kaka.

Meanwhile, Corriere dello Sport says Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has accepted Real's £55 million offer as it will lighten the pressure on the club's parent company, Finivest. The news comes days after Berlusconi reportedly confessed to friends at a dinner party, "Now is the right time to sell Kaka ..."

Adding to the speculation is that Tuttosport reported yesterday Kaka's father and agent, Bosco Leite, is in Italy and visited Milanello yesterday.